Json-server: Error: The database is a JavaScript file but the export is not a function.

[Isanderthul]

Using the simple example of db.json containing
{ "posts": [ { "id": 1, "title": "json-server", "author": "typicode" } ], "comments": [ { "id": 1, "body": "some comment", "postId": 1 } ], "profile": { "name": "typicode" } } and then making server.js containing as per the example in module

var jsonServer = require('json-server')
var server = jsonServer.create()
var router = jsonServer.router('db.json')
var middlewares = jsonServer.defaults()

server.use(middlewares)
server.use(router)
server.listen(3000, function () {
  console.log('JSON Server is running')
})

and then running json-server server.js
the error is shown

  \{^_^}/ hi!

  Loading server.js
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/json-server/src/cli/utils/load.js:22
      throw new Error('The database is a JavaScript file but the export is not a function.')
      ^

Error: The database is a JavaScript file but the export is not a function.
    at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/json-server/src/cli/utils/load.js:22:13)
    at start (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/json-server/src/cli/run.js:99:5)
    at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/json-server/src/cli/run.js:126:3)
    at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/json-server/src/cli/index.js:86:3)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/json-server/bin/index.js:2:22)
    at Module._compile (module.js:413:34)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:447:10)

If I am doing something wrong, perhaps the documentation is not clear enough...

[typicode]

Hi @Isanderthul,

Thank you for reporting this issue. Simply start your server using the following command-line:

node server.js

Or even better using nodemon to automatically restart server on change.
I'll update the README to make it clearer how to start the project.

[Isanderthul]

Thank you!

[ofedo]

is there any way to start json-server with node server.js and also apply CLI options such as delay?